Why Did I Get Married? Page #3

Synopsis: Dr. Patricia Agnew, a psychologist, has written a best seller about marriage: hers and those of three other couples who together take a week's vacation each year to ask themselves, "Why did I get married?" It's time for one of those weeks, and all four relationships are strained: Patricia and her husband Gavin have the shadow of grief between them; Terry believes that Diane has abandoned him for her work; Angela, who's built a successful business, belittles her husband Marcus, who works for her; Mike is cruel to Sheila, his religious, overweight wife. During the week, each person's secret comes out. Will these marriages survive?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Tyler Perry
Production: Lionsgate Films
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
2007
113 min
$55,184,721
Website
7,585 Views


I'm not going to Jamaica

with you ever again.

No? Come on,

don't say that.

So, Marcus, y'all still at it, huh?

Yeah, she ain't ever gonna change.

Y'all ain't never gonna change.

It's both of you. It ain't just her.

# You're my light in the dark #

# Guiding me, guiding me home #

# Your patience is all I need #

# Baby #

I don't know what

this is all about.

But I am going up this mountain

to save my marriage.

God, make it all right.

You are the ruler of all things.

Jesus, make it all right.

All right, Angela.

What's going on

with you and Marcus?

You just got here,

and you're starting already.

So we drop the kids off

at his baby mama.

We argue about her,

we argue about the kids,

but most of it is his ex.

She drive me crazy.

Ooh, I'm glad I don't

have that drama.

Yeah, be very glad.

Girl, that thing be having me

about to catch a case.

And I hate to have

my daughter around his son.

I know that that's her brother,

but the things that she says

to my daughter about me...

that's... that's not cool.

Have you asked Marcus

to talk to her?

Are you kidding me?

That's what starts

the fights in the first place.

And then he lie and say he did,

but I know he didn't.

Well, how do you know

he's lying?

'Cause every time

Marcus lies, he says,

"Know what I'm saying?"

Every time!

How's the barber shop, man?

It's good. Cutting so much hair,

I'm making, like, 5,000 a week,

know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I know what you're saying.

Man, I got to come see

my goddaughter, man.

Yeah, you do.

But leave her at home

if y'all gonna be arguing like that.

Oh, man, come on.

We've been arguing ever since we met.

I know that, but look

like it's getting worse to me.

Hey, that's how

we love each other.

Now, you do your thing,

we do ours.

OK. Fine. I'm just saying.

Besides, I like the arguing,

'cause the making up is insane.

At least you get to argue, man.

Me and Dianne ain't

spending no time together.

She's so busy, man.

It's crazy.

Yeah. We ain't had sex in months.

Ugh!

I was wondering why you so strong.

I'll tell you this.

I'm getting tired of begging her

to spend some time with me.

I'll tell you that.

I need you to give me a shot.

What the hell

you talking about?

I've been burning for 3 days.

Burning how?

Oh, you've been burning.

After burn... pee... burn.

- Yeah.

- Oh, yeah. OK.

All right. I'll call

my nurse and have her

overnight something

up here to us.

Thanks.

Yeah. It's all good.

So you not gonna ask?

You want to tell me?

Not really.

OK, let me ask you this.

Was it Angela that burned you?

No, man.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey. Have you slept

with her since then?

Yeah.

Angela's not the type

to ask for it.

She take it.

Yeah, but you could've

gave it to her.

Now, you better pray to God that it's

something a shot can take care of.

You're right, man.

I'm just saying, if you're gonna

step out on your wife,

what's wrong with

using some protection?

See, that's what I don't get.

I know this, man.

Don't you think

I'm dealing with enough already

knowing what I did?

All right, fine.

You got to tell her.

So she can get checked out.

See, now you trying

to get me killed.

You're man enough

to lay there and get it,

be man enough to tell your wife.

OK!

When?

All right, we got

a lot of wood inside.

How much y'all think we need?

This ought to get us

through it, man.

I don't know how bad this storm's

supposed, supposed to be.

There you go.

Whoo! Think we got enough.

Is that Mike?

Yeah, but... that ain't Shelia he's with.

Whoo!

Fellas!

What's up?

Hey!

What's happening, brother?

I see y'all getting the place

ready for me. Hmm?

It's all about you, Mike.

Well...

Hey, Mike... what's up?

I'm good!

Ladies, hey.

Hey, Dianne.

Hey, Patricia.

Angela.

Who is this?

I'm Trina.

I'm a friend of Mike and Shelia's.

My fault, my fault.

Shelia invited Trina

when she found out

that there was an extra bedroom.

You guys cool with that?

Uh, yeah. You know,

any friend of Shelia's

is a friend of ours, right?

Uh, yeah, sure.

Uh, no. She's gonna

have to come up with

some money on this trip

or something.

Of course.

She's pretty.

- Yeah.

- And single.

Looks that way.

Get her ass out of here.

Y'all, where is Shelia?

Mike, where is Shelia?

Oh. I made her drive. We flew.

- What?

- You did what?

Look, I wasn't paying

for another seat for her big ass.

Y'all know she fat as hell.

Mike, are you hearing

what you're saying right now?

I can't believe...

did he just say that she's driving?

I'm still on the

"fat as hell" part.

Have you looked at yourself

in the mirror lately?

You and your bald head?

It's 'cause I'm using

your hair products.

Trina, beware.

Angela, also known as

the bitter one.

Heh. I'm also known

as the ass-kicking one.

Angie.

Mike, are you serious?

You let Shelia drive up here alone?

Do you have any idea

how long that drive is?

Mike, Mike, man, come on.

The weather's supposed

to be bad tonight.

Maybe you should call her

and tell her get a flight tomorrow.

Look, she is fine!

OK? Drop it.

OK, I am going to call her.

This is ridiculous.

Shelia is a big girl.

Literally.

Look, she's fine. OK?

Come on. What smells good, girl?

You cooking?

Mm. I don't know,

but I'm starving.

She can carry it.

Shelia, give us a call

when you get this message.

We just want to know you're OK.

Straight to voicemail.

"A friend of hers. "

How come we're just

meeting her? Right?

And if she's such

a good friend,

why is she here with Mike and why

didn't she drive up here with Shelia?

Good point.

That's what we would have done.

Well, y'all, before

we get a little too crazy

with this, let's find out

what's going on

and make sure we don't pass

too much judgment on her.

Agreed?

- Agreed.

- No.

- No?

- No. I don't like her.

Good think I brought

my Vaseline and sneakers.

# I can love you better #

No, sir.

Not all these hours of this.

Something upbeat.

That's more like it.

Something that'll uplift me.

Not make me want

to drive off this bridge.

# Just let your body just... #

Want some more?

No, babe. I'm good.

So, did you tell them?

No.

Oh, we know about the nomination.

The nomination is just a front.

She won the award!

Ah ha!

It's a really,

really big deal in D.C.

So I would love

for all of you to be there.

- Of course.

- You know we're there.

All right, you've got

8 months to prepare.

So that's plenty of time.

Oh, I'll be there,

and I'll drink to that.

You drink to nouns.

Ha!

Well, maybe one day

I'll drink to you getting a damn job.

Hey, Marcus got

a job, guys. I'll drink to that!

Marcus paid the

mortgage this month.

We all should drink to that.

Ha ha!

Come on, Angela.

I have a job.

Marcus, you work for me.

If I didn't own that salon,

you wouldn't have nothing!

You wasn't saying

that when I was playing pro ball

before I got hurt.

OK, two years of pro ball,

8 years of broke.

Touchdown!

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Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million USD between May 2010 and 2011.Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays. Perry is estimated to have earned around US$75 million by 2008. Many of Perry's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. Perry has developed several television series, most notably Tyler Perry's House of Payne, which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21, 2006, to August 10, 2012. On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network. The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to the OWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area. Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network, The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful. The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as "one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations." more…

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